Category Archives: Brain Function

How many hours of sleep do you typically get? If it’s not between seven and nine hours, then, unfortunately, you are probably sleep-deprived. Lack of sleep and poor sleep is a serious epidemic across the country, and it can lead to serious health consequences. Just by adding an extra hour of sleep each night to ...click here to read more

A new study published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine has found that adults in middle age who suffer from lung disease may be at an increased risk of developing dementia later in life. According to the researchers, this goes for both restrictive and obstructive lung diseases, ...click here to read more

Sleep disturbances are more common than you might think. They are estimated to affect between 36 and 69% of older adults. Past research has linked sleep disturbances to depression, increased risk of mortality, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, cognitive decline, decrease in physical function, and lowered quality of life. Because of the known vast ...click here to read more

Depression has been found to worsen pain experienced in rheumatoid arthritis. Rates of depression among rheumatoid arthritis patients is estimated between 13 to 42 percent which reveals how closely associated the two conditions really are. As to why depression is so prevalent in arthritis is that dealing with a chronic condition is stressful which can ...click here to read more

Predicting the effects of consuming a particular diet over many years is very difficult to do. First, you have to have a scientific basis for why you want to test a certain diet in humans. Then you have to find willing participants to agree to follow this diet for many years. After all of that, ...click here to read more

The latest research findings have unveiled that loneliness is linked with a higher risk of dementia. The study looked at data collected from over 12,000 participants spanning over a 10-year time period. Those who experienced loneliness experienced a 40 percent higher risk of dementia. The risk still remained across genders, ethnicity, or education levels. This ...click here to read more

A lack of sleep is a common problem that affects millions of people around the world, yet a lot of individuals don’t stop to think about the effects of sleep deprivation. When someone has less sleep than they need in order to feel awake and alert, they are considered sleep deprived. We vary in terms ...click here to read more

Ever heard the myth that you eat spiders when you sleep? It seems that tale has been told for decades, but is there any truth to it? If you’re like the majority of the population who very much fears spiders, this story may have scared you from sleeping, but the good news is that you ...click here to read more

High blood pressure is known as the silent killer because it doesn’t present many symptoms, yet it can take such a huge negative toll on your health. Often, when blood pressure is discussed, consequences of the heart are brought up, but did you know that living with hypertension can also negatively impact the brain too? ...click here to read more

Death is an inevitable part of life, and with it comes the grief we feel when we lose someone we love. Because of this inevitability, how grief affects our health has become the topic of recent research. In a new study, it was found that the existence of both grief and sleep disturbances can cause ...click here to read more

Sleep is one of the necessities of life, like breathing and drinking plenty of water. Not getting enough sleep can have serious consequences on your health. The causes of sleep deprivation or sleep disturbances have been an important research topic for this reason. A new study has found that poor sleep may be linked to ...click here to read more

Hearing loss is irreversible but can be improved with the use of hearing aids. Hearing is important for health not only because it allows us the ability to hear sounds, conversations, and warnings, but because it plays a large role in our cognitive health. It has been extensively studied that among those with hearing loss, ...click here to read more

Being over the age of 60 can bring with it many different health changes. One health problem deals with the brain. The risk of memory loss increases as we get older, but new research suggests that seniors are underestimating their memory loss. The latest findings suggest that among surveyed seniors, only 28 percent felt that ...click here to read more

We all know that having more HDL cholesterol than LDL cholesterol is ideal for good heart health, but if you’re a woman, having more good cholesterol can also help protect your brain. Developing dementia can negatively impact a person’s life. As memory declines, so can many abilities and functions. Being forgetful can put a person’s ...click here to read more